Capcom SUCKS For This

[@SerasThings]

How annoyed would you be if you bought digital and they said "Your copy of ____ will be shipped within 24 hours and will arrive within a week."? I'm just saying, if I wanted digital I couldn't be buying a case. Can't wait for 10 years from now and only half of my games are playable because the Switch got replaced by the Nintendo Goobus 3.

[@benjamingesinski9170]

This is especially bad for kids who ask their parents for games and end up getting an empty case with a download code. I REALLY hope this trend doesn't become more mainstream.

[@unironicallydel7527]

Its been happening for years, its not a new thing. Though its still bad practice.

[@dogandcat3672]

I was remember that my family saved up for a game only for it to be a download code. We had no Internet 😔

[@omgman5745]

Then how did you make this comment?

[@luchutheblusquirrel223]

​@@omgman5745You can have a cellphone plan with no way to use hotspot.

[@kalimnet5736]

@@omgman5745 They remember it happening. The "had" no internet. It's past tense. Read before you comment ffs

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

To bad it was before you learned how to read and write. Two very much needed skills besides logical understanding to make it through life

[@omgman5745]

@@kalimnet5736 Why did they get internet later when it's evil?

[@1Synner]

Funny thing is, this isn't the first time Capcom pulled this. Anyone remember "Ducktales Remastered"? Good game, but half of the physical releases had vouchers to download the game instead of disks. I was lucky enough to actually get the disk, but holy crap, condolences to the those that got duped.

[@nmr7203]

They did it with the Megaman X Collection. It was complete nonsense.

[@1Synner]

@@nmr7203 Yeah, Capcom certainly has a history of pulling this. I'm just thinking that Ducktales was the earliest "voucher in box" example I can think of.

[@Blazah99]

I was not aware of this issue. Wow, yeah this is BS. I've heard of day 1 patches, incomplete games, DLC locked behind online pay walls (even if it's on the physical game itself), but this is not something I'd expect to see from Nintendo. Wow.

[@jonatanmonsalve11]

Geez, I didn't even know they made physical cases just for a download code to get it digitally, that is... *so stupid* It's not even a clickbait, that should definitely be illegal It's not exactly false advertising, but it's misleading advertising

[@ORLY911]

thats what pc games were in late 00's and early 10's, if they had a "physical" release at all, it was just a box with a code in it, and maybe promo ads for other games. Def says something now thats happening for consoles.

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

The cases literally tell you it's download only.... Y'all are literally like a decade late to this

[@kitestar]

You mean to tell me, they STILL haven’t learnt their lesson?

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

There's no lessons for the corporation to learn when the consumer exists. If you were customers instead, and didn't blindly consume product because the right corporate logo was on the box, we wouldn't be here.

[@kitestar]

@ true, they only care about _the all mighty dollar_ not so much the consumer

[@victorvargas9330]

If season pass is not ownership, and the big three can revoke digital licenses anytime for any reason, then the physical game I purchased to own is incomplete. There is a big potential lawsuit right there.

[@PotatoGurlSasha]

I just got my copy of MHS right the day after this video uploaded, but I knew I was getting the first game from Playasia and cheaper. But what I didn't know was when I went to Canada and met my cousin's daughter, I wanted to give her the same game plus the second one in that exact same case, I was disappointed it was digital after I got it and she didn't really have a way to download it herself and had to ask her uncle.

[@williamdrum9899]

California actually passed a law that didn't suck? I'm shocked.

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

If Cali is passing it, it sucks

[@nmr7203]

That just means there's more to it, they can't help themselves but pass terrible things.

[@cartergamegeek]

To offer a few tips, import whenever possible, many other regions often get real physical games, I have many Switch imports that were bough to own physical games because they never got sold in America. Like 10% of my Switch games are imports, and that is because of other regions getting physical games, like I have a physical version of Okami HD on Switch because I got it from Japan. Most masters support English, and the Switch is region free. Also Ubosoft controls Mario + Rabbids, so direct your anger at them, Nintendo just gave them the IP rights, they did the work and control if they are or are not making physical copies.

[@ORLY911]

This. I got Stalker Legends of the Zone on disc and its playable on disc alone. A very unique part of my collection now.

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

Pirate whenever possible

[@serasvods]

This is a repost from the 2nd channel, I haven't been uploading much there and this is good enough to be here. Also cause I wanted to post a related short here and it'd be weird to not have the video here to reference back to. Besides, people seem to prefer my commentary videos over the history stuff.

[@SerasThings]

Just realized I commented this on the vod account.

[@NightChime]

7:15 tbf I recently bought a physical copy of Blossom Tales 2, which is $60... And it's $15 digital. I was the one who felt played.

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

Because cartridges aren't cheap and when you have a low production run, the cost is going to be extreme. You also have to pay for materials and labor... Unlike digital, which is a button push

[@aaronschultz4061]

@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 the video itself points out how even when these games are a hybrid of physical and digital or even fully digital (as in you are buying a box with nothing but a download code for the game they still charge large amounts for what ie basically a big plastic coupon.

[@SuperPanoply]

I remember my first exposure to this. I had a brand new gaming laptop and bought a shiny new copy of Total War Empire. It came with two discs but the installation disk was just a link to Steam. No where on the package did it say that I'd need Steam to run it. But no big deal right? I just installed Steam and was off to the races. I played for about 10 minutes before the game crashed. Seems Empire required always on DRM... for single player. Could this get any worse? Yes. The game was launched in such a shotty state that the save function didn't even work.

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

And this is why we pirate

[@PokeHusky]

Ig we have to eat the nintendo cases so the turtles dont have too..😞 Idk if this(downloadabale empty cases with a code) is still happening but that could mess up christmas

[@huehuecoyote2234]

some of the download codes of nintendo games are written on the receipt. I bought the DLC for breath of the wild at a target and the redemption code was on the receipt; could you imagine if parents got their kids the download card from the store and they threw away the receipt afterwards thinking there was a part on the back of the card that needed to be scratched off?

[@randomdaydreamer9970]

digital games arent rentals... or at least they arent if you pirate them

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

It's morally correct to pirate Nintendo

[@whitedragonzerureusu4480]

Yeah this happened to me one time years ago. It's scummy and malicious. How do they expect people to read something so small in the corner like that? Especially for parents that don't know and aren't gamers that think they are buying the game their kid wanted...

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

Oh won't someone think of the blind consumer. Who does no research, and just blindly consumes product, eagerly awaiting next product to consume. Never asking questions, just consuming product

[@TheAbsol7448]

Assassin's Creed Rebel Collection, Spyro, Crash, FF10/FF10-2, GTA Trilogy, and Metal Gear Solid have all done this.

[@Tubewatcherdude]

I bought a copy of bayonetta 2 that “came with” a copy of the first installment when really It was a code for a digital version. This isn’t just a capcom issue it’s an industry issue

[@diseasedwombat5611]

As a diehard Monster Hunter fan, I’m so disappointed. I have a physical copy of Monster Hunter Stories for the 3ds, so I never payed attention to its rerelease and this is just dumb. I thought they were better than this :(

[@DarthTinderalla-qm9zw]

Rentals have a defined time limit. I'd define paying money for something that can be taken back at the "sellers" whim as a scam

[@king-of-a-thing]

>Capcom did something bad. Is this supposed to be surprising?

[@drakologarnus7248]

capcom? dont you meant ubislop or EA?

[@king-of-a-thing]

@drakologarnus7248 yes, I mean crapcom

[@drakologarnus7248]

@king-of-a-thing i guess the majority of capcom can be rough but its not as bad as other companys im glad the main monster hunter team has their shit together. they acctualy listened to fans for wilds

[@king-of-a-thing]

@@drakologarnus7248 trust me, it is very bad. Especially if you're a Megamam fan.

[@drakologarnus7248]

@king-of-a-thing I'm sorry ya the Megaman team seems dead

[@daneascott9645]

There are a LOT of areas in Ohio-especially in the southeast-that lack real access to unlimited sources of internet. By this, what I mean is, yes you can get internet on a cellphone. Yes you can get a hotspot. But the only ones available only give you roughly 15-25gb per month. And I say roughly because they throttle the snot out of it when you use roughly half of it. To get high speed internet you have to pay $115-$200 per month for a trash satellite option that frequently drops so slow in speed you can't even open a basic wiki page and they also throttle it after 20gb or so to the point that you might as well not have it at all. Sharing as further proof that yes, there are lots of people in America still without reliable internet and gaming companies are giving lots of customers the middle finger with these stunts

[@ToastTheThird]

Man, I hate this. I remember buying the Sly Cooper collection on the Vita. Sly 2 and 3 were digital downloads and the Sly 3 code didn't work

[@LordHonkInc]

One of my friends asked me if we could play the new Mario Party, I said I didn't have it yet but I'd buy it the next day and we could play then. He was surprised to learn I still bought physical games, I was surprised at myself for having forgotten that digital is ubiquitous nowadays. The only digital copies I own on my switch are a couple indies like Thumper and Golf Story that don't have physical releases (at least when I bought them there weren't; I've seen some indies like Darkest Dungeon get physical releases since then) I just want my games to work after the servers shut down and I have to buy a new-old switch if mine dies (knock on wood). I use Steam on PC, so I'm not against digital games in principle, but I'm one of the oldheads who just wants to put a game in the console and play, like, twenty years from now (kinda how I'm able to play PS2 games today). I know I'll miss out on patches, but I'll take day1 bugs over not having access to my games at all, y'know? I want my games to be an arm's reach away, not on some server where I have to download 20GB on a shitty internet connection before I even get to see the start menu.

[@jaceg810]

I would like to note there are good digital games, that is, DRM free ones. For example, a lot of stuff on itch or GOG (a lot of indie games to be fair) have no DRM. Thus, as long as you keep the files around, they will work forever

[@rustedgearbox7064]

the worst part is the mutiple times both Capcom and square did that in America but not on the jp versions you can put two games on one cart

[@otaking3582]

Luckily for me, I refuse to give Crapcom any money until they uncancel Darkstalkers 4 and MegaMan Legends 3.

[@TgDante29]

Which console has the most game collection?

[@SerasThings]

Are you asking what console has the most games in general or asking me which console I have the most games for?

[@TgDante29]

@@SerasThings which console you have the most?

[@SerasThings]

@@TgDante29 Probably wii u or the wii. The wii u has the smallest library of games out of the games I own consoles for.

[@borrellipatrick]

Ubisoft the publisher for the mario and rabbids games, not nintendo. It's not a 1st party Nintendo game

[@SerasThings]

Regardless, would they not have a deal with Nintendo to ensure a proper supply of physical cartridges? This is Nintendo's mascot after all, it wouldn't be a very good look if people did what I did. Assume they're first party and find it weird that the physical supply is lacking. Most people aren't googling who the publisher is, they see Mario and that's Nintendo.

[@callibor3119]

If the games that are licensed are rented games, then game developers must have the right to their own games for their own consoles when they develop games for those platforms. And the developers should develop take inspiration from these popular franchises without so many regulations in what character can be played from the Nintendo franchise and what can be made from scratch.

[@shadowweaver1599]

I agree i don't feel they should sell cases with a code in it. Its not juat nintendo either playstation has done it several times like god of war legendary the one thats over 100 dollars was a code not a disk. Either that or only part of the game is on there and you have to download the rest online but they don't tell you that.

[@JoshuaVariell]

Believe it or not the problems with digital games can be trace back far to The GameLine for the Atari 2600 and the PlayCable for the Intellivision. And during the 7th gen while rarer was still there. And it's not just Capcom its WB, Ubisoft, and more that are. People thou are now taking more notice with the shutdown of various digital services.

[@dragonmanfirebane5078]

this is why the pirate bay exists

[@Kaijudomage]

Yeah, Nintendo didn't make any of the games that have done this, it's always 3rd party who are often to cheap to buy the bigger carts. While Mario is on the box for rabbids, Ubisoft made it and yeah, I hate this, if a game does this I just buy it on Steam.

[@beauwalker9820]

I think "Mario and Rabbits" is more of a second or third party game, not first, as apparently Ubisoft has more rights over it, as they basically made it, and Nintendo was only a little bit involved. Overall, I haven't seen Nintendo do it with any first-party games yet, it seems to be only these kinda games. Regardless, buying an empty case is ridiculous... This annoys me too, even the Spyro trilogy only has the first game on the cartridge, and you can't tell me it's due to limited space, because they fit larger games on Switch cards. I think Activision wanted to use a cheaper sized cartridge, sense they didn't want to buy bigger ones, and that's why, and that's a problem. This oddly wasn't an issue in the "old days," because like in the SuperNES era, third-parties like Square used the biggest 32-megabit (not megabyte) sized game cartridges no problem, and getting larger storage cartridges or discs weren't an issue back then, so why is it now? Also, every game physical or not requires an update which is annoying. The only recent game I bought that didn't require a update was Metroid Prime Remastered.

[@unironicallydel7527]

Literally, just make an online store for codes i you want to use them. Dont be super crappy with it, making physical cases only for them to contain nothing but the code. Thats extremely scummy. Unfortunately, its 'normal' anymore. Doesnt mean it still isnt a bad practice.

[@drakologarnus7248]

huh cute character

[@common_mergie]

I have the Monster Hunter Stories Double Pack coming in the mail- I believe with the online code... Thank you for informing everyone that this exists-! I wouldn't have bought this if I've seen your video when it came out... Returns cost money so I am locked in... man am I frustrated- I'm going to be losing money from this

[@ninaschmidt3619]

My favorite CapCom Games are ghost trick, and Okami And I want to play Zack and wiki and Lost plant I love Capcom

[@kirbywordy2023]

whats the background muaic, i like it

[@SerasThings]

I think i used music from flipwitch, google at your own risk it's an nsfw game

[@StudioUAC]

thanks, guy.

[@bonzley405]

The Mario & Rabbids games ARE NOT Nintendo first party. They are a collab with Ubisoft. Nintendo licensed the characters out to Ubisoft. It is a Ubisoft published title, that's why they did that. Nintendo NEVER does that with their titles, Nintendo first party games always have the a full playable version on their cartridges requiring no download. It's also why those games were so cheap, Nintendo also never discounts games that heavily.

[@SerasThings]

Even if published by Ubisoft I would think they'd still have to go through some sort of approvals system. Nintendo is known for being protective of their IPs. If not then that's a lack of quality control coming from Nintendo.

[@1200wasps]

cool vid

[@emojothejojo]

Hey check out this cool game by a major publisher, a physical copy two I wonder what's in here? a digital code... AHHHHGGGGGHHHHHHHH! WHY WHY WHY! ×_× bleh.

[@juuuulie7544]

Delicious

[@MGamer64]

The thing about the Mario + Rabbids games, yes Nintendo approved their development, but they did not publish them, it was Ubisoft that published them

[@SerasThings]

I would still think that ubisoft would be able to get an easy supply of cartridges. Since they're working with nintendo's baby they would probably have a deal of cart costs.

[@MGamer64]

@@SerasThings that's true but with how the company is gooing today, yeah don't expect much from them

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

Pirates win again 😎 not only do we get the games a week or two before launch... We also actually have the games and they can't be arbitrarily removed for no reason in the future... We can also run the games at locked 60fps 4k native. It's morally correct to pirate Nintendo 🫡